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Five held for bid to extort Rs 8 cr from retired IPS officer in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested five persons for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to extort Rs 8 crore from a retired Indian Police Service officer by preparing and circulating a false affidavit to claim he had raped a woman, an ATS official said on Monday.

The Times of India · Feb 13, 2023

Ex-Delhi Prisons Chief Sandeep Goel Suspended After Extortion Claims By Conman Sukesh

Union Home Ministry has suspended Former Delhi Prisons chief Sandeep Goel on extortion claims by conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar that he paid Rs 12.5 crore to the Indian Police Service officer as "protection money". Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Dec 22, 2022

864 Posts Of IPS Officers Vacant Across The Country: MHA

A total of 864 posts of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are currently vacant across the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Dec 20, 2022

Phone tapping | Former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey appears before Enforcement Directorate again

This is the second consecutive day that the retired Indian Police Service officer is being questioned by the federal probe agency in this case.

The Hindu · Jul 19, 2022

Maharashtra: Man posing as IPS officer on matrimonial sites arrested in Mumbai

A man was arrested for duping a woman and posing as an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in Mumbai. Full story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 15, 2022

It is a bumping-off of the rule of law too

The inquiry into the 2019 Hyderabad encounter killings is a reminder that the police must observe the spirit of the law

The Hindu · Jun 8, 2022

SC bats for disabled people in police force, seeks govt review

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to reconsider its stand on allowing physically disabled persons to join the police force, including the Indian Police Service. Attorney general K K Venugopal also backed the proposal.

The Times of India · May 19, 2022

Pune: No FIR related to Elgar suppressed, says Rashmi Shukla

PUNE: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and then Pune police commissioner Rashmi Shukla on Friday said it would not be correct to say that the police suppressed one FIR, filed on January 3, 2018, against only two speakers related to the Elgar Parishad and acted proactively on another filed…

The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022

Kishore Kunal: Meet the former policeman whose Ayodhya map was torn up in the Supreme Court

Beyond a city landmark or the contentious Bobby case of 1983, a legendary Patna cop continues to stay afloat in public memory. Kishore Kunal, former Indian Police Service officer of the 1972 batch, had one such moment yesterday. 

Newslaundry · Oct 17, 2019